We saw the biggest baseball bat in the world today!! It was awesome. I had no idea that Louisville was such a big city or that there was sooooo much to do here! Lucy showed us around and it was exciting to see all of the different places to visit. I was shocked to find out what a hub Louisville is! It is the 5th busiest cargo airport in the country!! We also had no idea that the American Printing House for the Blind was here or that 90% of the disco balls are made here. We even did a little disco dancing!
Louisville is Kentucky's largest city. It is ranked as either the 17th or 27th largest city in the United States depending on how the population is calculated. The settlement that became the City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France. Louisville is famous as the home of "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports": the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
Louisville has been the site of many important innovations through history. Notable residents have included inventor Thomas Edison, the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, newscaster Diane Sawyer, writer Hunter S. Thompson, and actor Tom Cruise. Notable events occurring in the city include the first public viewing place of Edison's light bulb, the first library open to African Americans in the South, and medical advances including the first human hand transplant, the first self-contained artificial heart transplant, and the development site of the first cervical cancer vaccine.
